dadecitycruiser Posted January 17, 2007 #1 Share Posted January 17, 2007 Looked at cruises this summer and can't find squat. Is the fleet being rehaped or something? DCC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtl513 Posted January 17, 2007 #2 Share Posted January 17, 2007 Looked at cruises this summer and can't find squat. Is the fleet being rehaped or something? DCC Maybe nothing much available, but HAL's ships are mostly in the Caribbean, Alaska, or doing the "Mexican Riviera". Check www.cruisecal.com for a daily listing of where all the major cruise lines' ships are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LAFFNVEGAS Posted January 17, 2007 #3 Share Posted January 17, 2007 In one word Alaska, at least that is where you will find most of the fleet:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Copper10-8 Posted January 17, 2007 #4 Share Posted January 17, 2007 Looked at cruises this summer and can't find squat. Is the fleet being rehaped or something? DCC Majority will be in Alaska and Europe: Alaska: Amsterdam, Noordam, Oosterdam, Ryndam, Statendam, Volendam, Zaandam & Zuiderdam Canada/New England: Maasdam (plus one Transatlantic-Europe cruise) Europe: Prinsendam, Rotterdam, Veendam, Westerdam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomica Posted January 17, 2007 #5 Share Posted January 17, 2007 Alaska, Europe, Canada/New England...lots of itineraries, but maybe not a lot of empty space. I've been helping my parents pick a European cruise (on HAL, naturally) and I've watched the categories disappear one by one in the last two weeks or so. HAL doesn't do the Caribbean or Mexico from May to October, as the ships either repo to Alaska or Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy1 Posted January 17, 2007 #6 Share Posted January 17, 2007 Maybe nothing much available, but HAL's ships are mostly in the Caribbean, Alaska, or doing the "Mexican Riviera". Check www.cruisecal.com for a daily listing of where all the major cruise lines' ships are.I believe for the summer the HAL ships are everywhere BUT the Caribbean. HAL has pulled out of that market during the Hurricane season. They will have some ships in Europe, several in Alaska, the East coast/Canada will have Maasdam and a few will be scattered around the globe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtl513 Posted January 18, 2007 #7 Share Posted January 18, 2007 Grumpy1, Atomica, Copper10-8: I forgot when I started answering that the OP said this summer, not now! :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PathfinderEss Posted January 18, 2007 #8 Share Posted January 18, 2007 Most Hal ships are in Alaska, with a few in Europe. The Caribbean and Mexico are usually out for the summer months - off season and too hot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLC@SD Posted January 18, 2007 #9 Share Posted January 18, 2007 In one word Alaska, at least that is where you will find most of the fleet:) and they all will be there ........right next to most of every other fleet......:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chivalrygirl Posted January 18, 2007 #10 Share Posted January 18, 2007 Majority will be in Alaska and Europe: Alaska: Amsterdam, Noordam, Oosterdam, Ryndam, Statendam, Volendam, Zaandam & Zuiderdam Canada/New England: Maasdam (plus one Transatlantic-Europe cruise) Veendam, in Sept. is that summer ? Cause I am looking at this myself, but blimey it ain't half expensive ma :eek: Europe: Prinsendam, Rotterdam, Veendam, Westerdam Someone mentioned to me when in Alaska in September that 750,000 visitors to Alaska come of cruise ships, thats almost ridiculous :eek: I guess that was an advantage of going there late in the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kryos Posted January 18, 2007 #11 Share Posted January 18, 2007 Most Hal ships are in Alaska, with a few in Europe. The Caribbean and Mexico are usually out for the summer months - off season and too hot. Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't there a time when Alaska limited the number of cruise ships that could ply their waters at any one time? Seems like every cruise line now has multiple ships in Alaska during the summer months. I don't think it used to be that way ... and maybe that's why HAL did Caribbean itineraries in the summertime. Maybe the laws in Alaska changed ... making it more advantageous for HAL to send a large part of their fleet there now? Blue skies ... --rita Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Druke I Posted January 18, 2007 #12 Share Posted January 18, 2007 I believe that you are confusing restrictions imposed by National Park Service on numbers of ships into Glacier Bay with something that perhaps the state of Alaska has instituted. The Parks Service only allows a finite number of calls into Glacier Bay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Copper10-8 Posted January 18, 2007 #13 Share Posted January 18, 2007 I guess Alaska is where the money is if all those ships are going out full Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earl_m Posted January 18, 2007 #14 Share Posted January 18, 2007 They can charge more for an alaskan cruise than a carribean cruise. its all a matter of money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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